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SHR039-6 Operations and Project Management - Majan University College
Assignment 1: Operations Management Report
Learning outcome 1: An in-depth knowledge and critical appreciation of Operations and Project Management tools and techniques for various business planning and decisions within organisations.
Learning outcome 2: Effectively determine how Operations and Project Management can support the corporate strategic plan of an organisation, improve performance and implement change while using appropriate tools to support decisions and project planning.
You need to choose an organisation with international operations for your individual report. The organisation should either be a) selected from a provided list of pre-approved organisations or b) discussed and agreed individually with your tutor via the Discussion Boards.
You will then need to write an individual Business Report focused on the following operations management questions:
Q1) Critically assess the quality requirements of the organization, existing quality processes and other relevant factors Q2) Develop a considered Quality Management Plan using a Total Quality Management (TQM) framework
Q3) Critically evaluate how TQM can contribute to the Operations strategy and the overall strategic objectives of the organisation
You will need to:
• Use appropriate operations management theory and techniques to solve, to an acceptable level, a variety of operations management issues;
• Deliver an acceptable submission that addresses set operations management issues in a chosen company or given case study.
We will be filling this section in together in class on Click or tap to enter a date. make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.
You will need to produce a high-quality individual report that adheres to Business Report conventions (e.g. an appropriate format, an executive summary, etc.) and that displays a professional level of presentation and polish.
You should critically analyse your chosen organisation using a combination of high-quality non-academic research and appropriate academic models and concepts from the literature, with a strong focus on Total Quality Management (TQM).
You should demonstrate a sound evaluation of your organisation's quality requirements and operations strategy by giving logical recommendations based on your analysis and supported by strong evidence.
Assignment 2: Project Management Report
Learning outcome 1: An in-depth knowledge and critical appreciation of Operations and Project Management tools and techniques for various business planning and decisions within organisations.
Learning outcome 2: Effectively determine how Operations and Project Management can support the corporate strategic plan of an organisation, improve performance and implement change while using appropriate tools to support decisions and project planning.
You will produce a project plan for a suitable project for your work-place. If there is not much scope of developing a project plan in relation to your work-place, you must agree a project title of your choice and scope with your tutor.
The Project Plan will include the use of Project Management tools and techniques studied and discussed in the class. You will need to submit the project plan (along with relevant appendices and supporting documentation) as an Individual Report.
You should include the following:
• Project Introduction and Objectives
• Project team and their roles
• Project stages and key deliverables, with a discussion centered around the 4 D's concept
• Project time management (Work Breakdown Structure; Activity List; Network Diagram and Critical Path)
• Project cost management plan
• Project Risk Log/Risk Register
We will be filling this section in together in class on Click or tap to enter a date. make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.
You will need to produce a high-quality individual report that adheres to Business Report conventions (e.g. an appropriate format, an executive summary, etc.) and that displays a professional level of presentation and polish.
You should carefully analyse the requirements of your project scenario and produce a logical and detailed project plan with the required documentation.
You should demonstrate a sound understanding of the tools and techniques of project management within the given context, both the purpose of the project management concepts and the issues in implementation.
Attachment:- Operations and Project Management.rar